Editorial Review:Product Description:Compact in size and easy to operate Samsung camcorders provide a top quality video image that is virtually unaffected by hand movements during recording. For quality, performance and reliability Samsung camcorders have no peers. The SC-L700 camcorder features 2.5' TFT active-matrix monitor, Backlight compensation, Auto/manual focus, 880: 1 variable speed digital power zoom, 8 digital special effects, worldwide AC adaptor, and worldwide mult-system output.
Amazon.com Product Description:Hi8 may have been overlooked lately thanks to the ongoing digital revolution, but it is still tops in the analog world and provides outstanding performance and value for price-conscious buyers. Samsung's SCL700 packs a punch with features including a 2.5-inch LCD screen, 22x optical zoom, eight digital special effects, and video light. Most unique is the worldwide AC adapter and multisystem output, which means you can charge your battery at any power outlet and play back your video on NTSC and PAL systems.
Lens The optical zoom magnifies up to 22 times, while the digital zoom, which works by electronically enhancing the optical image, reaches up to 880 times. The zoom toggle is pressure sensitive, so you can control the speed of your zooms. The SCL700 has effects that you can apply to your video like sepia, black and white, negative, mirror, art, mosaic, wide, and 16:9 cinema.
Inputs and Outputs The standard RCA input/output and cable are included, so you can hook the camcorder to a TV for convenient viewing or a VCR for dubbing to regular VHS.
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Customer Reviews
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5 years old and still works great
I bought this new from sears in 2002 when my first child was born. Here we are three children later and still is are camera. Never have had a single problem with it other than the battery won't hold a charge much anymore but it's five years old. I even bought two new camcorders this year trying to update on technology I bought a Sony and a JVC hard drive model and they both went back the some day! This samsung took better indoor shots than both the sony and jvc combined! You think the new ones would have been better but the Samsung took way better inside shots. If samsung ever made a hard drive camcorder with the same recording quality lens as this one I would buy it again. This camera is probably hard to find nowadays but for the price you probably could get it at would really be worth it.
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Good camera but LCD screen quit working
I bought this camera when it was new on display at circuit city and it worked great for a while but at some point the LCD quit working. I have had the camcorder close to five years and other than the LCD issue it is a great camcorder.
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not as bad as the other reviews make it seem
I'v had this camcorder for a long time. I believe my parents might have spent $250-$300 on it when it first came out. They got it for Christmas for me.. I might have been.. 14? (I'm 18 now) I'll tell you straight up that I never took care of it like I should have. We took it on vacation, I played around the house with it, videotaped my friends skateboarding, videotaped our shanigans and ran from adults with it in hand. I know I've dropped it, and most of the time it was kept on the floor of my bedroom. I still have it today, and it works just fine. Of coarse it's not the most high-tech digital peice of equiptment. In fact, this video camera is the only reason I still own my VCR. If you're looking for something not too expensive, easy to operate, and pretty durable in my opinion, this would be it. I read other reviews saying that other people had problems with parts breaking or certain things not working correctly, but my personal camcorder has never given me problems.
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Very pleased with this camcorder
I just purchased this camcorder used for only $80. It is a great camera for the price. It's easy to use and the picture is good in quality. I bought it as a gift for my son (age 7) and he can handle it well on his own.
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Worst quality I've seen in a long time
Pretty cheap for a Hi8 camcorder, but quality is unacceptably poor. The zoom lever is hard to operate, and when you put in a tape the mechanism makes tons of noise, really making you nervous. LCD screen is a little flaky, deciding to quit working occasionally so you have to turn the machine off, wait 10 seconds and turn it back on. It also destroyed a new TDK Hi8 tape this past winter. I think I wasted my money, and look forward to getting a Sony this summer when I get a new job.
